GRE Word List
PANACEA
a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all
The meaning of the word panacea is a remedy for all ills or difficulties : cure-all.
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| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
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